Amazon opens “Transparent” series to everyone for one day

January 23, 2015 9:53 AM

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Netflix has dominated public attention when it comes to original series, but competitor Amazon has scored its first big series' win with Transparent, a cleverly named series that touches on some heavy issues through a series of characters including Maura. The series has been available for a little while now on Amazon's own video service, and it has found favor with viewers -- so much so that it scored a couple of Golden Globe awards this month. In celebration of that, Amazon is removing that paywall for a single day, allowing anyone to watch the show.

Transparent revolves around Maura, a character played by Jeffrey Tambor. Maura has spent her entire life living as Mort, and now with grown children she has made the decision to embrace her identity and live life as she wants. The series is offered on Amazon Prime Instant Video, limiting it to Amazo...